सर्वश्रेष्ठ Richard Nong पॉडकास्टस (2024)

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Baghdad Nights - Bonus - The Tigris matter 20:30

15d ago20:30

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In December 2005, Richard Baker published a story about an obscure oil company called Tigris Petroleum, and its ties to Iraq. A few weeks later, Tigris would be linked to the AWB at the Cole inquiry. In this bonus episode, Richard revisits the story, and finally gets some key documents about Tigris released. Featured: Michael Long Alexander Downer …

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Baghdad Nights – Episode 9 – G’day Mr Howard 29:55

22d ago29:55

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Richard Baker interviews former Prime Minister John Howard, to find out why Australia went into the Iraq War, and ask how much his government knew about the AWB’s dealings. Featured: John Howard Caroline Overington Alexander Downer Trevor Flugge Contact: secretswekeep@sca.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Baghdad Nights – Episode 8 – Shut it down and shred 31:38

29d ago31:38

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The Cole inquiry recommends the AWB be investigated, and the Australian Federal Police set up a taskforce. Richard Baker speaks to former AFP officer Ross Fusca and finds out the taskforce mysteriously disappeared. The corporate regulator, ASIC, also attempts to hold the wheat men to account. Featured: Darryl Hockey Ross Fusca Michael Long Trevor F…

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Baghdad Nights - Episode 7 - Absolute nong 29:55

1M ago29:55

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It’s Trevor Flugge and Michael Long’s turn in the witness box, though it couldn’t have come at a worse time. The media is fixated on photos of the pair in Baghdad holding guns, looking like cavalier cowboys. But they won’t be the only powerful men called to give evidence. Featured: Trevor Flugge Michael Long Nonee Walsh Kelvin Thomson Alexander Dow…

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Baghdad Nights - Episode 6 - Every man for himself 24:51

1M ago24:51

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The Australian government announces an inquiry into the AWB, with the lawyers hoping to prove the AWB knew it was breaching sanctions. A whistleblower fronts the inquiry to give evidence... in secret. Featured: Trevor Flugge Darryl Hockey Michael Long Anwar Al-Rawi Rod McLeod (voicing Mark Emons) Dan Mullins (voicing lawyer) Contact: secretswekeep@…

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Baghdad Nights - Episode 5 - Life, death and deals 30:35

2M ago30:35

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Saddam Hussein has been found, weapons of mass destruction have not. The reason for the Iraq invasion crumbles, and the world’s attention is turned to corruption in the United Nations Oil For Food Program. The AWB’s dealings in Iraq are about to come under scrutiny from an international investigation. Featured: Darryl Hockey Alexander Downer Caroli…

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Baghdad Nights – Episode 4 – Wars within wars 26:42

2M ago26:42

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The US invades Iraq, and good old Australia has joined. The Australian wheat men are on the ground a month later, and the secret mission begins – protect Australia’s lucrative wheat market. Featured: Robin Raphel Trevor Flugge Michael Long Lieutenant Colonel Paul Wright Alexander Downer Alan Tracy Contact: secretswekeep@sca.com.au See omnystudio.co…

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Baghdad Nights - Episode 3 - A hidden agenda 33:06

2M ago33:06

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The drums of war are beating, and the Australian Wheat Board’s multimillion-dollar trade with Iraq is at risk. Lucky for them, powerful sources promise to keep the AWB informed of any signs of war, while the public hears something different. Featured: Trevor Flugge Darryl Hockey Alexander Downer Anwar Al-Rawi Michael Long Contact: secretswekeep@sca…

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Baghdad Nights - Episode 2 - Bread and bullion 28:11

2M ago28:11

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How did the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) fund Saddam Hussein’s regime? Richard Baker speaks with Michael Long and Trevor Flugge from the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) to find out how Australia built a strong trade relationship with Iraq. Featured: Anwar Al-Rawi Maitham Al-alyawy Michael Long Trevor Flugge Get in contact: secretswekeep@sca.com.au See…

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Baghdad Nights - Episode 1 - The bloke with the gun 21:28

2M ago21:28

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In the lead up to the Iraq War, the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), gave $300 million in illicit funds to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Journalist Richard Baker meets Trevor Flugge, the AWB’s chairman who went on to be the poster boy for the corruption scandal, thanks to a leaked photo. Featured: Trevor Flugge Get in contact: secretswekeep@sca.com.a…

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Introducing Baghdad Nights 3:46

3M ago3:46

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It’s Australia’s biggest corruption scandal: $300 million funnelled to a notorious dictator via dodgy wheat contracts in the lead up to the Iraq War. Award-winning journalist Richard Baker takes you inside the scandal, with the help of three wheat salesmen caught in the middle of extraordinary world events. Were they cowboys who pocketed millions f…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 7 - Honey badger 35:02

7M ago35:02

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Joey travels to Melbourne to try and meet a living mole suspect to finally get some answers. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email secretswekeep@sca.com.au or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 6 - The suspects 27:34

8M ago27:34

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A KGB defector directs Joey towards a former British politician. Joey investigates and finds the names of four potential moles who operated inside ASIO during the Cold War. He begins searching for the four suspects. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email secretswekeep@sca.com.au or you could send Joey a letter GPO Bo…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 5 - Looking for moles 33:09

8M ago33:09

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A rendezvous leads Joey to an apartment where a source tells him that more information about the suspected moles might lie in a top secret government report. When he realises only the Prime Minister’s office can authorise the report to be released, Joey takes his questions all the way to the top. If you have any feedback or information about this s…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 4 - Cold War Warriors 30:09

8M ago30:09

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Joey meets a man who investigated ASIO in the 1970s, to find out what made the spy agency vulnerable to being infiltrated by the KGB. ASIO was directed to search for traitors, but the internal investigations were inconclusive. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email secretswekeep@sca.com.au or you could send Joey a le…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 3 - Welcome to Woomera 30:24

8M ago30:24

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Joey drives into the middle of the desert to find out why Australia became a target for the KGB. He learns that Australia was a bigger player in the Cold War than he’d ever imagined, and how the mole could’ve had access to secrets from its powerful Western allies. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email secretswekeep@…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 2 - Fabric of nightmares 29:03

9M ago29:03

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Who were the KGB? What was ASIO up against? To help his mole hunt, a former spy takes Joey inside ASIO during the Cold War. He points Joey to a KGB spy called Gerontiy Lazovik who may have recruited a mole in Australia. As Joey dives deeper into this story, he begins to suspect there was more than one mole. If you have any feedback or information a…

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 1 - Operation Liver 28:49

9M ago28:49

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Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson learnt about the ultimate spy story. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by the enemy - one of their spies turned and began working for the KGB, the Soviet Union’s feared spy agency. They became a mole. For decades, the mole's identity remained a mystery and the damage they cau…

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The next Australian secret 2:48

10M ago2:48

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Amelia Oberhardt introduces Season 2 of Secrets We Keep - Nest of Traitors. Hosted by Joey Watson, the season investigates another big Australian secret. Launching January 23. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.द्वारा LiSTNR

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Introducing Nest of Traitors 3:13

10M ago3:13

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Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson was pulled into the ultimate spy mystery. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by a Soviet mole. For decades the mole's identity was buried and the damage they caused unknown. To uncover the truth, Joey sets out to find the mole. It’s a story about power, national secrets and ho…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Your Stories 40:33

12M ago40:33

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Closed adoptions have affected many Australian families, and no one experience is the same. In this episode, you'll hear how forced adoptions have affected people from a new perspective - two adoptees, and one father. Lifeline: 13 11 14 Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 List of organisations that can help See omnystudio.com/listener fo…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Finding your family 16:37

1y ago16:37

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If you or your family have been affected by forced adoption, it can be daunting to start your journey to find information about your history. However support is available, and host Amelia Oberhardt speaks to two post adoption support services about how someone can navigate this journey. Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 List of organis…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Repeat or repair 22:33

1y ago22:33

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In the final episode of the season, Amelia Oberhardt reflects on what she's learnt in the series, and confronts one last stigma - her mother's alcohol dependency. Support services: National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline: 1800 250 015 Lifeline: 13 11 14 Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 Featured: Jennifer McRae Danae Witherow Professor…

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Shame, Lies & Family - The abortion raid 30:18

1y ago30:18

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In researching the series, Amelia Oberhardt heard a shocking story about a Queensland abortion raid that showed another side of how women were treated in Australia’s not too distant past. Amelia finds out more about the options women had when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, the road to legalising abortion, and what happened one Monday morning in…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Coming home 27:58

1y ago27:58

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Leonie Pope was taken from her mother as a baby in 1972, after her mother was coerced into signing forms that gave away her rights. Leonie and her siblings were all taken from their family, and are part of the Stolen Generations. Leonie was fostered and adopted to a Welsh family, and spent her childhood on the other side of the world, growing up in…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Ghost Kingdom 11:53

1y ago11:53

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We’ve been inundated with responses and questions from you, with your stories from the forced adoption era. Dr Susan Green is a psychologist and adopted person and speaks to Amelia Oberhardt to answer questions about the psychological impacts of forced adoption. We’ll be back to our normal format next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Where do I come from? 34:36

1y ago34:36

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It’s a decade this year since Julia Gillard’s apology to those affected by forced adoption, but there’s still unfinished business. Now, it’s the adoptees picking up the baton and carrying on the fight for recognition, redress, and justice. Amelia speaks to two adoptees – Jennifer McRae and Danae Witherow – about how being taken from their mothers h…

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Shame, Lies & Family - In the child’s best interest 38:01

1y ago38:01

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At its peak in the early 1970s, almost 200 babies per week were adopted in Australia. It’s impossible to know how many of these adoptions involved coercion, but we do know that it was a time many believed single women were incapable of looking after their children. In this episode, Amelia Oberhardt looks at how this system was allowed to operate, a…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Moral danger 32:28

1y ago32:28

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Young, pregnant, unwed. What happened next is one of the most shameful periods in Australian history. Amelia Oberhardt speaks to two women who experienced a forced adoption – a broad term used to describe the various ways women were coerced into giving up their baby. Di Sheehan and Lily Arthur explain how stigma and a flawed system altered the cour…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Welcome to Cairns 24:37

1y ago24:37

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Amelia Oberhardt flies to Cairns to meet the man in the photo, hoping to finally get the answer to a question that has haunted her for over a decade. Who is the baby in the photo? Knowing what happened to her mum, Amelia feels more resolve than ever to tell the stories of other women from her mother’s generation. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri…

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Shame, Lies & Family - The wake 30:31

1y ago30:31

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Standing at her mother’s wake, journalist Amelia Oberhardt is confronted with a photo she’s never seen before - her mum Cecelia as a teenager wearing a wedding ring, accompanied by an unknown husband and cradling an unfamiliar baby. Immediately, Amelia begins to ask questions. Who is this man? Who is this baby? And does this photo explain Ceceila’s…

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Shame, Lies & Family - Finding Michael 23:36

1y ago23:36

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In the aftermath of seeing the photo at the wake, Amelia Oberhardt is on a search to find the man in the photo. Her pursuit leads her down a rabbit hole, into the world of 1960s and 1970s Australia, and the realities of how women were treated in this era. And then, a new avenue provides new clues in the search for Michael. See omnystudio.com/listen…